A/N – casa89…did you read my mind or something? Haha! I have something along those lines planned and it involves a certain someone who I do believe is a hated figure already.

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Christmas was a quiet affair in the Flack household. No one said much and there wasn't the usual air of festivity when the passing of presents was done. Hannah cooked the Christmas Dinner like usual and then Don and Mark cleared away, the two men moving in silence, not knowing what to say to each other. Don was still slightly mad with Mark and Hannah for what they had done, but he was going to stick by them or else they would then have nothing. Jess wasn't angry but instead she was sympathetic towards the young couple. They knew they had made a mistake and Jess couldn't condone them for it. So when the time came for Hannah and Mark to go back to college instead of their trip to England they were both nervous. Hannah was just over one and a half months into her pregnancy and the morning sickness had kicked in. She didn't show yet but she could tell she had put on a bit of weight.

"It's alright babe" Mark said, as he held her hair back from her face and heard her coughing up into the toilet. When she came back up, she was red and blotchy all over her skin and Mark pressed his hand onto her forehead.

"You're boiling darling" he said and she whimpered as his cool hand touched her warm skin "let's get you back to bed" he said and with relative ease he managed to plane Hannah onto her feet before carrying her back into her bedroom, setting her down on top of the covers;

"You feeling okay Hannah?" he asked her and she groaned;

"Really warm…as in boiling Mark…and my stomach keeps churning" she said and Mark looked down onto her and for the first time in his life he felt hurt at seeing someone ill like Hannah was. It could possibly be down to the fact that he was the one who had caused her the sickness by getting her pregnant and he couldn't help but think she looked fragile.

"I'll go fetch you a wet cloth" he said and went back into the bathroom. On his way he saw Don peer out from his door into the hallway's darkness.

"Is everything alright?" Don asked as Mark juggled the cold flannel in his hands

"It's Hannah" he said "she's been sick and is really warm…I think she may have a fever or something" Mark told Mr Flack who just nodded simply and left Jess to sleep before following Mark to Hannah's room.

"Hey baby" Don said, dropping a kiss onto the top of her head

"I'm fine dad…just really warm" she assured him before he could start his worrying process. Don pursed his lips and shook his head at her;

"You're not okay" he stated and placed a hand onto her forehead and felt her sigh "you definitely have a temperature…I'll call the doctor in the morning if you're still warm"

"I'm fine dad" Hannah complained again "I just…uh…" she clutched onto her stomach before bolting for the bathroom again but before Don had time to even move, Mark was beside her.

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"You think it is really wise to go to college?" Mark asked Hannah as she picked up her text books and rolled her eyes;

"It's been a week…my fever has gone…I'm fine" she said. Mark pursed his lips together and went 'hmm' before placing her cereal in front of her.

"I don't like it" he said and Hannah complained and began to eat;

"I need to study Mark…it's bad enough I'll have to have time off when the baby is due" she warned him

"Just promise me you'll look after yourself, okay?" he rested his hand under her chin and made her look at him;

"I promise" she said "and I don't expect you to go to college and worry"

"We know that's going to happen"

One month later

"This is some kind of nightmare and so on the count of three I had best not find you sitting at my desk" Don said and he looked at the man who was sat there, smug with his tie hung around his neck.

"I understand your girls been having a hard time at college" Geoff said and he stood up, opposite Don who was glaring at him with daggers in his eye;

"It's none of your concern. And how would you know?"

"Mark still talks to his mother…who incidentally doesn't tell me these things but I have a way of knowing" Geoff shrugged

"So why are you here?" Don asked and Geoff straightened his tie out

"To tell you to kick my son out of your house" he said and Don laughed loudly in disbelief whilst Geoff remained silent;

"I think he and Hannah might have something to say about that" Don said

"I don't care" Geoff replied "we're planning on moving with him. No one knows he is the father…he has a chance to get out of this"

"And leave Hannah to fend on her own?" Don sounded disgusted

"She's giving the child up anyway" Geoff shrugged "she doesn't need Mark to do this…he has a reputation…law firms won't be impressed if he is known to have had a child…"

"I'm not telling him want to do" Don said sternly "so don't try and get me to do your dirty work"

"I thought you would be glad to have rid of him…seeing as how he got your cheap daughter knocked up" Geoff said and Don stepped closer to him

"Say anything bad about my daughter again then I'll have you locked up for harassment" Don said "got me?"

"He's gotten into your head too" Geoff chuckled "with his sob story"

"Stop it now" Don said "he's done nothing to me…he's helping my daughter…looking after her…being a man"

"He's still a boy"

"He's got the maturity of an adult with how he's handling everything"